Translating Opportunity Texas: Multilingual Learners of English Focus Group Findings. Cohort One Colleges
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| Title: | Translating Opportunity Texas: Multilingual Learners of English Focus Group Findings. Cohort One Colleges |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE), WestEd |
| Source: | CCCSE. 2025. |
| Availability: | CCCSE. 3316 Grandview Street, Austin, TX 78705. Tel: 512-471-6807; Fax: 512-471-4209; e-mail: info@cccse.org; Web site: http://www.ccsse.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Ascendium Education Group, Inc. |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | English Learners, Multilingualism, College Students, Focus Groups, Student Experience, College Enrollment, Barriers, Decision Making, College Second Language Programs |
| Geographic Terms: | Texas |
| Abstract: | For over 20 years, the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) has delivered "aha" moments about the student experience and assisted institutions and policymakers in using information to promote improvements in student learning, persistence, and attainment. One of the ways CCCSE shares these aha moments is through the student voice as captured during focus group interviews. As an enhancement to Translating Opportunity Texas, the Texas Success Center invited CCCSE to conduct focus groups with MLE students in spring 2025 at four Texas community colleges to explore the MLE student experience--in particular their pathway from ESL students to credit-earning students. Each of the four participating colleges received a report based upon the themes that emerged from the focus group conversations and a set of focus group video clips. Through the four focus group visits, CCCSE spoke with 37 MLE students. At times, the terms ESL and ESOL are used interchangeably with MLE to describe students. To feature the voices of the focus group participants and to showcase the breadth of the discussions, select quotes have been included in this report. Text in italics represents these quotes. Some of the quotes were edited for clarity and conciseness or to remove extraneous information that did not contribute to the meaning of what was said. [This report was prepared with the collaborative initiative, Translating Opportunity Texas, which includes the Texas Success Center and Student Ready Strategies.] |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 20260101 |
| Accession Number: | ED681694 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | For over 20 years, the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) has delivered "aha" moments about the student experience and assisted institutions and policymakers in using information to promote improvements in student learning, persistence, and attainment. One of the ways CCCSE shares these aha moments is through the student voice as captured during focus group interviews. As an enhancement to Translating Opportunity Texas, the Texas Success Center invited CCCSE to conduct focus groups with MLE students in spring 2025 at four Texas community colleges to explore the MLE student experience--in particular their pathway from ESL students to credit-earning students. Each of the four participating colleges received a report based upon the themes that emerged from the focus group conversations and a set of focus group video clips. Through the four focus group visits, CCCSE spoke with 37 MLE students. At times, the terms ESL and ESOL are used interchangeably with MLE to describe students. To feature the voices of the focus group participants and to showcase the breadth of the discussions, select quotes have been included in this report. Text in italics represents these quotes. Some of the quotes were edited for clarity and conciseness or to remove extraneous information that did not contribute to the meaning of what was said. [This report was prepared with the collaborative initiative, Translating Opportunity Texas, which includes the Texas Success Center and Student Ready Strategies.] |
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